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Plywood from truck bed slices through woman's windshield on Florida freeway

By Kelly Healey, WFTV.com
Oct 17, 2018

A woman suffered minor injuries last week when a piece of plywood struck the front of her windshield as she was driving on I-95 in Brevard County, the Florida Highway Patrol said.

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FHP said Rebecca Burgman, 35, was driving north on I-95 behind Jaime Riveira's pickup truck when the piece of plywood, which had been secured in the bed of the truck, became loose and hit Burgman's windshield.

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Riveira, 51, of Haines City, was ticketed for faulty equipment and failing to secure the load, FHP said.

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